What's at stake: The outcome affects how easily direct, logical cycling routes can be built, especially in rural areas and along stretches not tied to car roads, which in turn affects cyclists' safety, health, and practical travel options outside towns.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether current legislation and its application already provide sufficient scope for building bicycle paths not directly connected to roads for motor traffic, or whether the law needs to be amended or clarified because its application in practice blocks such paths, especially outside urban areas.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee finds that tools already exist for building standalone bicycle paths without direct connection to roads for motor traffic, since reviews have shown that it is mainly insufficient funding and prioritization - not the law itself - that has held back individual projects, and therefore sees no reason for a legislative initiative, and rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 12 (S, V, C, MP)
The reservation (S, V, C, MP) argues that authorities' restrictive interpretation of the Road Act's requirement of a functional connection to a state road is in practice blocking direct, standalone cycling routes, especially outside urban areas where e-bikes have made cycling a clearer option even for longer distances, and wants the law clarified or amended to remove this obstacle.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 12 by S, V, C, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
–
No 0/19/0/3
Sown reservation
–
No 0/92/0/14
MPown reservation
–
No 0/15/0/3
Cown reservation
–
No 0/17/0/7
L
–
Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
–
Yes 17/0/0/2
M
–
Yes 59/0/0/9
SD
–
Yes 57/0/0/13
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:328 by Malin Östh et al. (V) claim 3,
2025/26:898 by Magnus Manhammar (S),
2025/26:3185 by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist et al. (C) claim 34,
2025/26:3276 by Linus Lakso et al. (MP) claim 7,
2025/26:3653 by Aylin Nouri et al. (S) claim 94,
2025/26:3684 by Mathias Bengtsson (KD),
2025/26:3850 by Aylin Nouri et al. (S) claims 7 and 8,
2025/26:3855 by Ulrika Heie et al. (C) claim 1,
2025/26:3856 by Malin Östh et al. (V) in this part and
2025/26:3857 by Linus Lakso et al. (MP) claim 6.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:328 av Malin Östh m.fl. (V) yrkande 3,
2025/26:898 av Magnus Manhammar (S),
2025/26:3185 av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C) yrkande 34,
2025/26:3276 av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP) yrkande 7,
2025/26:3653 av Aylin Nouri m.fl. (S) yrkande 94,
2025/26:3684 av Mathias Bengtsson (KD),
2025/26:3850 av Aylin Nouri m.fl. (S) yrkandena 7 och 8,
2025/26:3855 av Ulrika Heie m.fl. (C) yrkande 1,
2025/26:3856 av Malin Östh m.fl. (V) i denna del och
2025/26:3857 av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP) yrkande 6.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag says no to 104 proposals in motions that concern cycling matters. The motions were submitted during the general motion period 2025 and following the government's statement on the Parliamentary Auditors' report on conditions for cycling. The motions concern, among other things, targets for cycling policy, provisions for safe cycling and efforts to get more children and young people to cycle.
The Riksdag refers in the first place to planned and already implemented measures. Furthermore, the Riksdag believes that current infrastructure planning and regulations encourage increased and safe cycling.
The Riksdag also laid the government's statement to its papers, which means that the matter is closed.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government to adopt a goal to double cycling by 2035. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 12
Motion 2025/26:3278 — Ett utsläppsfritt och transporteffektivt samhälle av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:328 — Cykeln - ett centralt transportslag för omställningen av Malin Östh m.fl. (V)
Motion 2025/26:3288 — Ökad trafiksäkerhet för unga mopedister på landsbygden av Camilla Brunsberg och Marléne Lund Kopparklint (båda M)
Motion 2025/26:3422 — En grön klimathandlingsplan 2026 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2025/26:3596 — En folkrörelse för klimatet av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:3610 — Skärpta regler för elsparkcyklar, för ökad säkerhet av Lina Nordquist och Cecilia Rönn (båda L)
Motion 2025/26:3653 — Transportpolitik för Sveriges trygghet, konkurrenskraft och jämlikhet av Aylin Nouri m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:3678 — Förenklade planeringsprocesser för gång- och cykelvägar av Lili André (KD)
Motion 2025/26:3684 — Fler cykelvägar på landsbygden av Mathias Bengtsson (KD)
Motion 2025/26:3686 — Införande av hjälmtvång för alla som färdas med elsparkcykel av Dan Hovskär (KD)
Motion 2025/26:3728 — En infrastruktur som fungerar i hela landet av Ulrika Heie m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:3850 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:56 Riksrevisionens rapport om statens arbete med att förbättra förutsättningarna för cykeltrafiken av Aylin Nouri m.fl. (S)